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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- who do the Korinthians think they are?

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Book I section 43. ἡμεῖς δὲ περιπεπτωκότες οἷς ἐν τῇ Λακεδαίμονι αὐτοὶ προείπομεν, τοὺς σφετέρους ξυμμάχους αὐτόν τινα κολάζειν , νῦν παρ᾽...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- another stunning translation problem

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Book I section 42. ‘ὧν ἐνθυμηθέντες καὶ νεώτερός τις παρὰ πρεσβυτέρου αὐτὰ μαθὼν ἀξιούτω τοῖς ὁμοίοις ἡμᾶς ἀμύνεσθαι, καὶ μὴ νομίσῃ δίκαι...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Knitting -- tunic with gored skirt and bottom up gored skirt

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I worked a raglan top to use up some black yarn, and I put a Fana star at the yoke, then made short sleeves. When I got to the hem, I still ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- a verb and some vocabulary

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Book I section 41. ‘δικαιώματα μὲν οὖν τάδε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχομεν ἱκανὰ κατὰ τοὺς Ἑλλήνων νόμους, παραίνεσιν δὲ καὶ ἀξίωσιν χάριτος τοιάνδε, ἣν...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

21 Century Classical Greek -- what the grammarians missed

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Book I section 40.3 has some grammar I want to point out. [3] οὐ γὰρ τοῖσδε μόνον ἐπίκουροι ἂν γένοισθε, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμῖν ἀντὶ ἐνσπόνδων πολέ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- how not to argue your case

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Book I section 40. ‘ὡς μὲν οὖν αὐτοί τε μετὰ προσηκόντων ἐγκλημάτων ἐρχόμεθα καὶ οἵδε βίαιοι καὶ πλεονέκται εἰσὶ δεδήλωται: ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἂν δ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- the Korinthians go on and on...

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Book I section 39. ‘καὶ φασὶ δὴ δίκῃ πρότερον ἐθελῆσαι κρίνεσθαι, ἥν γε οὐ τὸν προύχοντα καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς προκαλούμενον λέγειν τι δοκεῖ...